This tracks with slipping into a pre-literate society. The Big Man and his family don‘t need to read, we have scribes for that.
Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like:
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This tracks with slipping into a pre-literate society. The Big Man and his family don‘t need to read, we have scribes for that.
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my evergreen take is that "building software" is a bad metaphor because just like any other artifact made out of language, software is written
the dominant activity of building is actually building (laying bricks or whatever); the dominant activity of writing is determining what to write
the dominant activity of building is actually building (laying bricks or whatever); the dominant activity of writing is determining what to write
…and the reason why (as far as i'm concerned) is, the actual bottleneck is not lines of code but decisions about what those lines of code ought to say
July 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
my evergreen take is that "building software" is a bad metaphor because just like any other artifact made out of language, software is written
the dominant activity of building is actually building (laying bricks or whatever); the dominant activity of writing is determining what to write
the dominant activity of building is actually building (laying bricks or whatever); the dominant activity of writing is determining what to write
For a second I thought that was blood spatter on her hands, but I’m about 95% sure it’s actually red paint.
July 16, 2025 at 11:54 PM
For a second I thought that was blood spatter on her hands, but I’m about 95% sure it’s actually red paint.
Going back many decades, every physics department would receive a steady stream of crank physics manifestos. Typically from a retired engineer, using dimly remembered undergrad math.
Kalanick & friends have discovered that this hobby is a lot less lonely if you have an LLM providing flattery.
Kalanick & friends have discovered that this hobby is a lot less lonely if you have an LLM providing flattery.
Wait, Uber founder, who dropped out of earning a business undergraduate degree, says he was on the verge of prompting Grok into making fundamental quantum physics breakthroughs?
How, exactly, would Kalanick even recognize a physics breakthrough? I sure couldn't.
gizmodo.com/billionaires...
How, exactly, would Kalanick even recognize a physics breakthrough? I sure couldn't.
gizmodo.com/billionaires...
Billionaires Convince Themselves AI Chatbots Are Close to Making New Scientific Discoveries
gizmodo.com
July 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Going back many decades, every physics department would receive a steady stream of crank physics manifestos. Typically from a retired engineer, using dimly remembered undergrad math.
Kalanick & friends have discovered that this hobby is a lot less lonely if you have an LLM providing flattery.
Kalanick & friends have discovered that this hobby is a lot less lonely if you have an LLM providing flattery.
The older teens has gotten into programming. He now asks with genuine interest what I did at work each day. I don’t have the heart to tell him, “Five hours wrestling with dependencies, blinking back tears, then some code reviews as a treat.”
July 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The older teens has gotten into programming. He now asks with genuine interest what I did at work each day. I don’t have the heart to tell him, “Five hours wrestling with dependencies, blinking back tears, then some code reviews as a treat.”
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INDIANA JONES AND THE LEAVERS OF THE LOST ARK ALONE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE FUNDING FOR THAT AND ALSO FIGHTING NAZIS WOULD BE DEI I GUESS
*INDIANA JONES AND THE CLOSURE OF THE ARCHAEOLOGY DEPARTMENT*
July 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
INDIANA JONES AND THE LEAVERS OF THE LOST ARK ALONE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE FUNDING FOR THAT AND ALSO FIGHTING NAZIS WOULD BE DEI I GUESS
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actual exchange:
him: you havent tried nyc bagels
me: neither will I
him: what if I make you try them
me: are you opening a bagel shop here no I don't think so then
5 days pass
Him: how does one get to your house from the airport
me: wut
him: nvm I asked your wife see you in 30
him: you havent tried nyc bagels
me: neither will I
him: what if I make you try them
me: are you opening a bagel shop here no I don't think so then
5 days pass
Him: how does one get to your house from the airport
me: wut
him: nvm I asked your wife see you in 30
June 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
actual exchange:
him: you havent tried nyc bagels
me: neither will I
him: what if I make you try them
me: are you opening a bagel shop here no I don't think so then
5 days pass
Him: how does one get to your house from the airport
me: wut
him: nvm I asked your wife see you in 30
him: you havent tried nyc bagels
me: neither will I
him: what if I make you try them
me: are you opening a bagel shop here no I don't think so then
5 days pass
Him: how does one get to your house from the airport
me: wut
him: nvm I asked your wife see you in 30
Bad gateway
Bad! (whaps gateway lightly on nose with newspaper)
Bad! (whaps gateway lightly on nose with newspaper)
January 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Bad gateway
Bad! (whaps gateway lightly on nose with newspaper)
Bad! (whaps gateway lightly on nose with newspaper)
The annual blog post is up, thanks to some bullying from @jemal.co. www.goer.org/Journal/2024...
Scattered thoughts on telling the truth | goer.org
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January 1, 2025 at 7:35 AM
The annual blog post is up, thanks to some bullying from @jemal.co. www.goer.org/Journal/2024...